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pearance and film-like growth over the entire eye ; 
a swollen and inflamed condition. 
ADMINISTERING MEDICINE. 
The problem of administering medicine to dogs 
is a perplexing one to many dog owners, and of 
sufficient importance to receive some attention. If 
a little care and common sense are applied the 
difficulty may be easily obviated. A pill is the 
most difficult to get a dog to swallow if attempted 
to be crowded down the throat. Let it be gulped 
down unconscious of its presence by proceeding 
thus : Cut four or five cubes of meat about an inch 
square, call up the patient and toss him one — 
most likely he will catch it “on the fly” and instant¬ 
ly swallow it ; toss another ; then toss the one 
into which the pill has been inserted by a slit nearly 
through the meat and securely holds the pill; this, 
like the other, will vanish and find lodging in the 
stomach; if a second pill is to follow, offer first 
the piece without it ; then follow up with last cube, 
and the performance is over. But, some dogs, 
especially when ailing, refuse to take meat. In 
that case try a little lump of lard, placing on the 
hand or floor in similar manner as above. Fluids 
are not difficult to administer: Use a medicine 
dropper, draw up into same the required dose, open 
dog’s mouth wide, insert the dropper far into 
mouth without touching, press the rubber bulb, 
